Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-07-15
KING
Solomon S Mines.


from out the land! A place to 1--we in? Be
hold. the land is yours as far as We can see.
The white mans houses? 1e shall tedch
my people how 10 build them. Cattle for
beef and milk? Every married man shall
bring ye an OK or COW. Wild game TO hunt?
Does not the elephant walk through my Tor
ests, and the riYer-horSe sleep IN tie reeds?
Would ye make war? Ny impis (regiments)
wait your word. Ii there is anything more
that can give, that will give ye.'
Nay, lgnOsi, we want not these things
answered; we would seek our own
place
Now do perceive" said Ignosi bitter
~, ana with flashing eyes, 'tnat 1t IS the
sLUneS that ye love more than me-, your
friend. Ie have the stones, now would you
go TO Natal and across the moving black
water and sell them, and be rich, as II IS the
desire OF a white mans heart 10 be Cursed
iur your sake be- the stones, and cursed lie
VINO seeks them. Death shall ii be To him
wIIo SETS foot in the place Of Death to seek
them. / have spoken, white men; ye can
go
laid my hand upon his arm. "lsnOsi, |
al, tell u.s. whcu thou dIdst wander III
Il t!Idnd, ami among the White men IN Ma
tai, uld not Time heart turn to the Idnd my
mother tOId tnca Of, thy native land, where
thou didst see the light, and play when Thou
vast lite, the land where Jny place was"
1t was cyen 50, MacumaZahn."
Then thus do our hearts turn To our
land and to our own place"
Then came pause. When I%nOsI broke
It, IL was ia Il different voice.
II DO perceive that thy WORKS ar, now rs
ever wise and fun Il reason, MaCumdLdhn;
tnat which flies IN the ar IOyr5 not To run
Il OuB the grUunt; the white man loves not
10 liyr on the level OF the black. Wei, ye
must 20, and leave my heart sore, because
sc viii b: rs uCdd 10 me, since from where
Sc VIII be no tdtnE5 can come to me.
But istcH, ANA let all tnc whItc men
D. Oh.
cross the mountains, even If amy man live To
come so far. | VIII See no trad, - with their
guns and rum. NJ people shall night with
the spear, ami drink water llk" tnclr lore
fathers DciUfc them. | VIII have no pray
ng-ucn 10 put rear Of death into men 5
hears, 10 SIR them up against the KING, ana
make a pain Tor the white men who FOLLOW
e. ran on. II Il white mtu comes 10 my
gIt,a / VIII s,nd nm back; II a uuudrcd
come VIII paou uIcm bdCk; II an army
comes / wal, make wdr Un them with all my
strength, and thry saall not prevail against
mr. None snail ever come tur the SuIulug
stones, no, not an army, Tor II they come l
VIII send a ics,uIclt an MI up the PIT, and
break down Tie Wiiitc "OltiIIius III the caves
and nj them with rocks, 50 that none en-
come even 10 tlILt door Ui which yC speak,
ant whereof the way Ia move It !, lUSt But
loI ~ three, lucltJu, MtCumtLtnH, and
Bong wan, the pJtu = always open, for Do
noid, ," are drurr to me tl,u aughl That
bTratnca,
Aud yr would "a. Intadou,. my uncle,
ana my iHdlttIa, shall take thee 10y the hand
and gutuc thcc, with a regiment. IuCTt Is,
- / nav: learned, another way across the
mountains THAT IT, Sa.tll show IucC. Fare
wen. ny brothers, brave white mon. bee
me- 40 more Ior nave no heart 10 D,dr II.
Brup.1, J n,th: Il decree, and 1t shall be
puDn7GcI IIUu TN mountains 10 thc noun
..tus, Your names, lnCuDu, MaCumaLalu,
and Bougwan, shall be rs the names Of dead
kings and lie who speaks them shall die.
50 shall your memory be preserved in the
land forever.
(lhIs extraordinary and negative way Of
showing intense respect IS by no means I'M
known among African people, and the re
suit ~ that II, rs Is usual, the name IN qurS
ton has a significance, the meaning has to
ice expressed 10y IN ldiOm or another word.
In this way memory is preserved for gen
crations, or until the new word Supplauts
the old onc).
"GO now, ere my eyes rain tears like a
woman =. At times when yc look back
the path OF life, or when We are old and
gather yourselves together To crouch before
the lire. because the sun has no more heat,
yc VIII think Of how we stood shoulder to
shoulder Ia that great battle that thy wise
words planned, MacumaE Inn: Of how thou
vast the point Uf that horn that CALLED
lwala's ilaul, donovan; whist thou stood
In the ring of the GraNS Incuhu, aud men
a sickle; nv, aud OF how thou ddst break
the wiid butts CTWala > strength, AMI bring
his pride to dust. Fare We well forever In
cubu. MacumaZ thu, and Bougwan my lords
aud my friends
lie rose. locke earnestly mt us. for a few
seconds, and then threw the corner of his
kornsS over his head So as To- cover his face
from us
We went Ia sI nee.
Next day ut dawn we went To- Loo, escort
ed by our oId TREND. lntadooS, who was
hoarthrokcn at our departure, and the rcgi-
mcnt of BuilalOcS. Early as the hour was
all the main street OF the town was lined
with multitudeS of people, who gave us the
royal salute as We passed ut the head OF the
regiment, while the women blessed us as
having rid the land of Gwlla, throwing
flowers before rs rs we went. 1t really was
very ati rCtin-, and not the sort OF thing one
Is accustomed To meet with from natives.
One very ludlCrOuS incident occurred, how
ever, which | rather welcomed, rs It gave
Us something To laugh At.
just before we got to the confines of the
town pretty young girl, with some bcauti-
iui lilies IN her hand, came running forward
AMI presented them To Good somehow they
all seemed tn like Good; | think his eye
glass aud solitary whistler gave him Il tirti-
tiuus yau }, and then said She had a boon
10 ask.
"Spcak on.
"Lrtmv lord show his servants his bcauti-
"
them, and remember them all her days, and
tell of them to her children; his servant has
Travelled -four days journey To see them. for
the fame of them has gone throughout the
land
I'm b. hau-cd if do said Good, rx-
citrdly.
Come, come, my dear fellow" said Sir
Henry, You can refuse tO obltge lady"
Il Won't said Good, ohStmately; 1T is
positively indecent"
IipWRNpr in thtl and hn ,nuy,UtnI L., ,I,-,,,r
up his trousers To the knee, amidst notes OF
rHpturouS admiration from all the women
present especially the gratlnrd Young lady,
aud In tins guise he had To- wall, till he got
clear of the town.
Goods legs will, fear, never be So great
" admired again, OF his melting teeth and
even of hiS transparent eve they wcarled
more 81 less but ot his legs never
As We traveIc {, lntatooS told n that
there Was nuoth n pass over the mountains
To- the north oi the one followed hv Solo
mon great road, or Itther that there was
place where II was possible tu climb down
the wall of the cliff that separated kuktu-
uaAnd nom the desert, and WAS hruNru 10y
the lowering shapes OF Shcba'S Breasts Ii
appeared, loo, that rather more than two
wears previously party of kukuaua Inn.
tclS aad ueNc1nd this path Inta In, desert
~ Seatch oi oSIrtchcS, whose plum,.S verr
Wuch priced among them tur var head d,t,s
SEES, ana that IN the COURSE al turir u,lnt th,,-
I"u u'el led TAT from the mountains. and
"eAe much uouoied by thirst Seeing, uOw-
ever, trees on the horizon they made toward
them, and discovered 4 large amt fertile
oasis OF some miles IN extent and plentiful
~ watcrcd. 1t was by way of this oasis that
he suggested that W. should return and the
idea seemed tu us good one, "a it appeared
that We should escape the rigOrs If the
mountain pass and as some of the hunters
were IN Attendance to guide MS To the oasis,
from which. they stated, they could perceive
more fertile spots far away III the desert.
tlt often puzzled all of us to understand
how it was possible that lgnoSis mother,
bearing the child with her, should have
survived the dangers OF the journey across
the mountains and the dcSert-dahgers
which SO nearly proved fatal 10 ourselves
II has since occurred to me-and | give the
Idea TO the reader for what il is wOrth-that
She mus, have taken this second route, and
wandered out, like Hagar, into the desert
III she did SO, there is no longer anything
incNplicable about the story since She may
well, as lguoSi himself related. have been
picked UP by some ostrich hunters before
she or the child were exhausted, and led by
them TO the oasis, and, thence, by stages 10
the fertile country, and 50 on, by slow de-
EreeS. Southwlrd To Zuuland. A o.
travelling easily, on the night OF the
fourth days journey we found ourselves
once more on The crest of the mountains that
separate huknsnaland from the desert,
which rolled away in sandy pillows at our
feet and about twenty-five miles to the
north of Sheha'S Breasts
At dawn on the following day, we were
lei Ia the commencement of precpitouS
descent by which we were 10 descend the
precipice, and gain the desert two thousand
and more feet away.
Here we babe farewell 10 that true friend
ami sturdy cid warrior, lntadoaS who
Solemnly wished all good upon us, and near
~ went win grief Never, NY lords, lie
said, shall mine old eyes see the like Of We